The 2024 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was a sports car race held at Watkins Glen International in Dix, New York, on June 23, 2024. It was the sixth round of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the Michelin Endurance Cup.
The 2024 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was a sports car race held at Watkins Glen International in Dix, New York, on June 23, 2024. It was the sixth round of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the Michelin Endurance Cup.
International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2023. [1] It was the tenth time the IMSA SCC hosted a race at Watkins Glen. The 2024 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was the sixth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2024 by IMSA. [2] The race was held at the eleven-turn 3.450 mi (5.552 km) Watkins Glen International on June 23, 2024. [2]
Before the race, the GTP Drivers' Championship was led by Dane Cameron and Felipe Nasr with 1669 points, 70 ahead of second-placed Sébastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande. Mathieu Jaminet and Nick Tandy were 83 points behind Cameron and Nasr in third place. [3] Ryan Dalziel, Dwight Merriman, and Connor Zilisch were leading the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 741 points, 127 points ahead of Josh Burdon, Felipe Fraga, and Gar Robinson in second. [3] Laurin Heinrich and Sebastian Priaulx were on top in the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 1359 points, 84 ahead of Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth in second. Ross Gunn was a further 83 points behind in third place. [3] The GTD Drivers' Championship was topped by Philip Ellis and Russell Ward with 1367 points, 213 ahead of second-placed Robby Foley and Patrick Gallagher. [3] Porsche were leading the GTP and GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championships, whilst Mercedes-AMG were leading the GTD Manufacturers' Championship. [3] Porsche Penske Motorsport, Era Motorsport, AO Racing, and Winward Racing were leading their Teams' Championships. [3]
The entry list was revealed on June 12, 2024, and features 56 entries: 11 entries in GTP, 13 entries in LMP2, 11 entries in GTD Pro, and 21 entries in GTD. [4]
There were two practice sessions scheduled preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday and one on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes on Friday afternoon while the second session lasted 90 minutes on Saturday morning. [8]
Saturday's afternoon qualifying session was broken into three sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted 15 minutes each. [8] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTPs ahead of the LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD cars. [9]
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with ‡.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GTP | 40 |  Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti |  Louis Delétraz | 1:32.209 | — | 1‡ |
| 2 | GTP | 01 | Cadillac Racing |  Renger van der Zande | 1:32.247 | +0.038 | 2 |
| 3 | GTP | 31 | Whelen Cadillac Racing |  Jack Aitken | 1:32.479 | +0.270 | 3 |
| 4 | GTP | 85 | JDC–Miller MotorSports | Phil Hanson | 1:32.525 | +0.316 | 4 |
| 5 | GTP | 6 |  Porsche Penske Motorsport |  Mathieu Jaminet | 1:32.579 | +0.370 | 5 |
| 6 | GTP | 7 | Porsche Penske Motorsport |  Felipe Nasr | 1:32.648 | +0.439 | 6 |
| 7 | GTP | 10 | Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti | Ricky Taylor | 1:32.835 | +0.626 | 7 |
| 8 | GTP | 24 | BMW M Team RLL |  Philipp Eng | 1:32.851 | +0.642 | 8 |
| 9 | GTP | 63 |  Lamborghini – Iron Lynx | Andrea Caldarelli | 1:32.923 | +0.714 | 9 |
| 10 | GTP | 5 | Proton Competition Mustang Sampling | Gianmaria Bruni | 1:32.923 | +0.714 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 | 99 | AO Racing | P. J. Hyett | 1:35.925 | +3.716 | 12‡ |
| 12 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports USA | Dan Goldburg | 1:36.607 | +4.398 | 13 |
| 13 | LMP2 | 11 | TDS Racing | Steven Thomas | 1:36.609 | +4.400 | 14 |
| 14 | LMP2 | 52 |  Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Nick Boulle | 1:36.981 | +4.772 | 15 |
| 15 | LMP2 | 2 | United Autosports USA | Ben Keating | 1:37.170 | +4.961 | 16 |
| 16 | LMP2 | 04 | CrowdStrike Racing by APR | George Kurtz | 1:37.601 | +5.392 | 17 |
| 17 | LMP2 | 74 | Riley | Gar Robinson | 1:37.757 | +5.548 | 18 |
| 18 | LMP2 | 20 |  MDK by High Class Racing | Dennis Andersen | 1:38.094 | +5.885 | 19 |
| 19 | LMP2 | 88 | Richard Mille AF Corse |  Luis Pérez Companc | 1:38.153 | +5.944 | 20 |
| 20 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport | Dwight Merriman | 1:39.204 | +6.995 | 21 |
| 21 | LMP2 | 81 | DragonSpeed | Eric Lux | 1:39.221 | +7.012 | 22 |
| 22 | LMP2 | 8 | Tower Motorsports |  John Farano | 1:40.949 | +8.740 | 23 |
| 23 | LMP2 | 33 | Sean Creech Motorsport | Lance Willsey | 1:41.773 | +9.564 | 24 |
| 24 | GTD Pro | 62 | Risi Competizione | Daniel Serra | 1:44.203 | +11.994 | 25‡ |
| 25 | GTD Pro | 3 | Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports | Alexander Sims | 1:44.317 | +12.108 | 26 |
| 26 | GTD Pro | 23 | Heart of Racing Team | Ross Gunn | 1:44.387 | +12.178 | 27 |
| 27 | GTD Pro | 14 | Vasser Sullivan | Jack Hawksworth | 1:44.511 | +12.302 | 28 |
| 28 | GTD Pro | 4 | Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports | Nicky Catsburg | 1:44.561 | +12.352 | 29 |
| 29 | GTD | 12 | Vasser Sullivan | Parker Thompson | 1:44.642 | +12.433 | 30‡ |
| 30 | GTD Pro | 1 | Paul Miller Racing | Madison Snow | 1:44.662 | +12.453 | 31 |
| 31 | GTD Pro | 64 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports | Mike Rockenfeller | 1:44.734 | +12.525 | 32 |
| 32 | GTD Pro | 77 | AO Racing | Sebastian Priaulx | 1:45.029 | +12.820 | 33 |
| 33 | GTD Pro | 9 | Pfaff Motorsports | Marvin Kirchhöfer | 1:45.083 | +12.874 | 34 |
| 34 | GTD Pro | 19 | Iron Lynx | Franck Perera | 1:45.242 | +13.033 | 35 |
| 35 | GTD | 023 | Triarsi Competizione | Onofrio Triarsi | 1:45.432 | +13.033 | 36 |
| 36 | GTD | 32 | Korthoff/Preston Motorsports | Mikaël Grenier | 1:45.432 | +13.223 | 37 |
| 37 | GTD | 57 | Winward Racing | Russell Ward | 1:45.541 | +13.332 | 38 |
| 38 | GTD Pro | 65 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports | Dirk Müller | 1:45.638 | +13.429 | 39 |
| 39 | GTD | 96 | Turner Motorsport | Patrick Gallagher | 1:45.716 | +13.507 | 40 |
| 40 | GTD | 70 | Inception Racing | Brendan Iribe | 1:46.076 | +13.867 | 41 |
| 41 | GTD | 78 | Forte Racing | Misha Goikhberg | 1:46.133 | +13.924 | 42 |
| 42 | GTD | 34 | Conquest Racing | Manny Franco | 1:46.301 | +14.092 | 43 |
| 43 | GTD | 80 | Lone Star Racing |  Salih Yoluç | 1:46.487 | +14.278 | 44 |
| 44 | GTD | 83 | Iron Dames | Rahel Frey | 1:46.593 | +14.384 | 56 1 |
| 45 | GTD | 27 | Heart of Racing Team | Ian James | 1:46.817 | +14.608 | 45 |
| 46 | GTD | 55 | Proton Competition | Ryan Hardwick | 1:46.833 | +14.624 | 46 |
| 47 | GTD | 120 | Wright Motorsports | Adam Adelson | 1:47.119 | +14.910 | 47 |
| 48 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing | John Potter | 1:47.132 | +14.923 | 48 |
| 49 | GTD | 47 | Cetilar Racing | Roberto Lacorte | 1:47.796 | +15.587 | 49 |
| 50 | GTD | 21 | AF Corse | François Heriau | 1:47.965 | +15.756 | 50 |
| 51 | GTD | 66 | Gradient Racing | Sheena Monk | 1:48.004 | +15.795 | 51 |
| 52 | GTD | 45 | Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti | Graham Doyle | 1:48.790 | +16.581 | 52 |
| 53 | GTD | 13 | AWA | Orey Fidani | 1:48.826 | +16.617 | 53 |
| 54 | GTD | 43 | Andretti Motorsports | Jarett Andretti | 1:49.117 | +16.908 | 54 |
| 55 | GTD | 86 | MDK Motorsports |  Kerong Li | 1:50.164 | +17.955 | 55 |
| 56 | GTP | 25 | BMW M Team RLL | No Time Established 2 | 11 | ||
| Sources: [10] [11] | |||||||
Cameron and Nasr's victory allowed them to extend their advantage to 95 points over Bourdais and van der Zande in the GTP Drivers' Championship. [13] By finishing in second-place, Burdon, Fraga, and Robinson took the lead of the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 958 points. [13] The final results kept Heinrich and Priaulx atop the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 1632 points, 49 ahead of fourth-place finishers Barnicoat and Hawksworth, who in turn were 11 points in front of Gunn. [13] Ellis and Ward's victory allowed them to extend their advantage to 305 points over fifth-place finishers Foley and Gallagher in the GTD Drivers' Championship. [13] Porsche and Mercedes-AMG continued to top their respective Manufactures' Championships. Porsche Penske Motorsport, AO Racing, and Winward Racing kept their respective advantages in their of Teams' Championships while Riley became the leader of the LMP2 Teams' Championship with five rounds remaining. [13]
Class winners are denoted in bold and with ‡.
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